Sonay Kartal

And Maya Chwalinska, a surprise and not a surprise because she showed us in Roland Garros what she's capable of doing.

But wow, what a performance for her to win Wuhan against Sonay Kartal in the final.

What did you make of our two finals over there?

Okay.

Like she's been able to, you know, without being maybe the hardest hitter or the, you know, like she's able to beat some of these players just by being so tough and consistent out there.

Sonay Kartal might be a name that... people haven't heard before.

She had a back injury this season, was out for six months.

So this tournament in Wuhan was only her second tournament back after six months off with a back stress fracture.

She has won a 1,000-level title on the WTA tour, in addition to making the final of Roland Garros this year.

She beat Sonay Kartal, who had an incredible week, not least of which taking out Elina Svitolina in three sets.

Right.

Magda has dashed the hopes, essentially, of two players who are on the bubble to qualify for the WTA finals, Iga and Iva Jovic.

She's got a bit more gas in the tank.

And so this ended up being the perfect opportunity for her to take advantage of some situation for her opponent, Sanaa Kartal, back from injury, third tournament back, fresher in the legs season-wise compared to most other people in the draw.

This, when you think about it, shouldn't be that big a surprise what we saw and what we witnessed, but once we got the fire that we had, Havolensky was clearly a favourite and it was a great opportunity for her to back up what happened and Yeah, I don't...

Now it's going to be very difficult to say categorically she's not going to be a factor in a draw going forward on whatever surface.

I didn't see that match, but it's just Stremski is just one of those players.

And if she's on, she's on.

Regarding Maia's run in Wuhan, I saw her matches against Iga and also the final against Sonny Kartal.

The wins, though, arguably over, well, Buzkova's a funny one who's going to be playing Iga's fiat technique.

As a result of his Shanghai Masters title, Davidovich Fokina is up to a career-high 13 in the world, while Codar moves two spots up to world number 11, as the 20-year-old gains valuable ground in his bid to qualify for the season-ending ATP finals in Turin.

Over in Wuhan, Maya Kwolinska proved her breakthrough run to the French Open final earlier this year was no fluke, with the Pole defeating Sone Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the showpiece event to capture her maiden career title.

In a final no one could have predicted, it was 170th-ranked Kartal who settled first to dominate the opening exchanges, but 16th seed Kwolinska rallied in a tight second set to ultimately prevail in two hours and 46 minutes.

The 25-year-old, who beat Iga Swiatek, Maria Sakkari, and compatriot Iga Swiatek en route to the final, proved too strong for Kartal in the key moments, using her incredible variation to win four straight games at the end of the match to clinch victory on her third championship point.

"It means a lot.

It tastes very sweet, I must admit", Kwolinska said in the post-match interview.

However, she has regained her form and fitness during the Asian swing, winning nine of her last 11 matches in Singapore, Beijing, and Wuhan.

Kwolinska is just the third Polish player to win a WTA 1000 crown after Swiatek and Agnieszka Radwanska, while she also becomes only the fourth player on the WTA tour since the format's introduction in 2009 to claim her maiden title at the 1000 level.

In tennis, from the WTA Wuhan Open Roland Garros run-up, Mia Walinska came from one set down to beat Sona Kato in the final and claimed her maiden to a level title.

Walinska got off to a slow start as world number 170 Kartal dominated opening set 6-2.

The Brits then converted a break early in the second set, but Walinska ready to take the next two frames 6-4-6-2 and completed a come-from-behind title victory.

It was such a challenging match and I feel like Sone started very, very well.